Necktie-fastener.



No- 836,837. PATENTED NOV. 27, 1906. T. SEILER.

NEOKTIE FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED JULYS. 1905.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l No 836,837. I PATENTED NOV. 2'7, 1906. T. SEILER.

NEGKTIE PASTENER.

APPLIGATION FILED JULYB. 1905.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2 unrran srarn Pram? FFIGE. THEODOR SEILER, @F GEIJDI IRN, GERMANY.

NEQKTIQE FASTENERB Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 27, 1906.

Application filed July 3, 1905. SerialNo. 68, 0-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Tnnonon SEILER, manufacturer, a subject of the German Emperor, residing at N o. 15 Ostwall of Geldern, in'the Empire of Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in N ecktie-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification. p

This invention relates to a new or improved device which allows' of gathering or holding together a strip of textile material in such a manner that the latter becomes suitable for use as a necktie, the construction of the said device being such that it also allows of securely attaching the said necktie to the wearers collar-stud. For this purpose the improved gathering device is provided with an attachment adapted to embrace the shank of the stud.

Several forms of the invention are illustrated by way of example in the annexed drawings, in which I Figures 1 and 2 show one form, and Figs-3 and 4 another, of the necktie provided with the device in a front andback view. Figs. 5'

to 7 show the device illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, but without the necktie, in a front, back, and top view. Fig. 8 shows the same device as Figs. 3 and 4 in a front view. Fig. 9 is the plan view, and Fig. 10 the corresponding side view, of a device with a clasp consisting of a double ring. Fig.. 11 is the plan view, and Fig. 12 the corresponding side view, of a device with a clasp consisting of one ring. Fig. 13 is a back view of another form of construction, Fig. 14 shows a device with a hook-shaped clasp. Figs. 15 and 16 show a device with a clasp which can be turned up like a hinge-joint in two positions viewed from above. Fig. 17 shows in a back view a device where the. part passing around the collar-stud is differently constructed. Fig. 18 is a plan View of the same.

Similar letters refer to similar throughout the several views.

Referrin to Figs. 5 to 7,the fastener consists of a c as in the form of an elliptical ring a, throug which one end of the necktie is inserted from above, the said ring being integral with aplate b, which is provided with a spring-catch c for attachingthe device to the collar-stud. The two arms of the said catch are so bent that a kind of-aperture d is formed for the shank of the stud, the said shank being inserted through the slot e.

The manner in which the device is used is parts illustrated in Figs, 1 and 2. One end of a strip of textile material of any suitable breadth is drawn through the ring a, and the material is thereupon gathered in a suitable manner. The wearer is thus enabled to arrangp his tie according to his personal taste.

T e device can be attached to any kind of collar-stud and allows of utilizing the material of the tie to the fullest possible extent, since soiled or worn-out portions thereof can be concealed by rearranging the position of the folds in the ring a. p

The form of the gathering device itself and the position thereof with regard to the attachment c are immaterial to the invention.

Figs. 3, 4, andv 8 show a form' in which the clas is formed by two oval rin sf, arranged on the plate b one above the ot er. Also in Figs. 9 and 10 the clasp consists of two oval or elliptical rings f, which in the top view show a slightly-inclined position. In these cases the textile'mat erial to be tied into a cravat or necktie is drawn through both rings in the manner best suited for the purose.

In the form of construction shown in Figs. 11 and 12 a single vertical ring g isfixed to the plate I), so that the tie has to be inserted from the side.

Fi 13 illustrates a form of the device in whic the ring extends vertically upward.

Instead of closed rings hooks "L, Fig. 14, or the like can be used to gather the textile material and maintain the folds in the desired position.

Finally, Figs. 15 and 16 show that the part formlng the clasp may be arranged on the plate I) in the form of a bow k, which can be turned up after the manner of a hinge-joint.

The attachment by means of which the device is secured to the collar-stud can also be modified in various ways, as shown in the drawings. Figs. 17 and 18 illustrate merely byway of exam le a form of construction in which this attac ment is provided with two rigid arms .m. A catch or the like adapted to engage the knob of the collar-stud, as is the case with some catches which are sewed to made-up neckties, can also, if desired, be used instead of the attachments illustrated.

What I claim, and ,desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a device of the character described, the combination of a base-plate, a springcatch directly secured to the said base-plate and consisting of a pair of bent arms spaced apart to form a slot at their lower ends for stud of the wearer, and a pair of oval rings the introduction of the collar-stud of the arranged one above'the other and projecting wearer, and anoval ring integral with said i at a right angle from the front of the basebase-plate and projecting at a right angle! plate to receive the strip of material.

5 therefrom to receive the strip of material. In testimony whereof I aflix my signature 2. In a device of the character described, in presence of two Witnesses. the combination of a baselate, a s ring- THEODOR SEILER catch directly secured to t e back 0 said base-plate and consisting of a pair of bent Witnesses: to arms spaced apart to form a slot at their W. BRUCE WALLACE, lower ends for the introduction of the collar- MAX PAUL SCHULZ. 

